Humberto Castro Art
1 ~ Dream under deep waters
1 ~ Dream under deep waters
1 ~ Dream under deep waters
Dream under deep waters
2021
acrylic on canvas
48 x 58 inches
2 ~ Green waters
1 ~ Dream under deep waters
1 ~ Dream under deep waters
Green waters
2017
acrylic on camnvas
26 x 32 inches
3 ~ The fisherman
1 ~ Dream under deep waters
4~ Ciboney Pescador
The fisherman
2019
acrylic on canvas
68 x 68 inches
4~ Ciboney Pescador
4~ Ciboney Pescador
4~ Ciboney Pescador
Ciboney Pescador
2012
acrylic on canvas
44 x 54 inches
5 ~ Mother water
4~ Ciboney Pescador
6 ~ The lucky fish
Mother water
2017
acrylic on canvas
26 x 32 inches
6 ~ The lucky fish
4~ Ciboney Pescador
6 ~ The lucky fish
The lucky fish
2019
acrylic on canvas
44 x 58 inches
7~ Like the fishes
9 ~ The lucky fish
7~ Like the fishes
Like the fishes
2018
aluminum and marble
9 x 31 x 41 inches
8 ~ Mother Water
9 ~ The lucky fish
7~ Like the fishes
Mother Water
2021
Bronze
6 x 11 x 19 inches
9 ~ The lucky fish
9 ~ The lucky fish
10 ~ The lucky fish
The lucky fish
2019
acrylic on canvas
44 x 58 inches
10 ~ The lucky fish
10 ~ The lucky fish
10 ~ The lucky fish
The lucky fish
2019
acrylic on canvas
44 x 58 inches
11 ~ Grece #2
10 ~ The lucky fish
12 ~ Mimetisme
Grece #2
2019
acrylic on canvas
44 x 54 inches
12 ~ Mimetisme
10 ~ The lucky fish
12 ~ Mimetisme
Mimetisme
2021
acrylic on canvas
60 x 80 inches
13 ~ Fishing in the blue waters
13 ~ Fishing in the blue waters
13 ~ Fishing in the blue waters
Fishing in the blue waters #1022
acrylic on canvas
60 x 60 inches
14 ~ Fishing in the blue waters
13 ~ Fishing in the blue waters
13 ~ Fishing in the blue waters
Fishing in the blue waters #1022
acrylic on canvas
60 x 60 inches
15 ~ Coral dream
13 ~ Fishing in the blue waters
15 ~ Coral dream
acrylic on canvas
44 x 58 inches
Humberto Castro
Biography
Humberto Castro
b. 1957
Humberto Castro was born in Havana, Cuba in 1957. He is a graduate of the San Alejandro National School of Fine Arts and the Higher Institute of Art in Havana.
Castro achieved notoriety in 1980's together with a handful of avant-garde young artists (among them, Elso Padilla, José Bedia and Tomás Sánchez), Castro began challenging preconceived notions and political dogma.
Their eclectic art was edgy and often controversial. The Generation of 80s, as they were collectively known, assimilated and adapted ideas from such diverse sources as Photo-Realism and Afro-Cuban rites. As further proof of their independent ways and original talent, each of the members of this pioneering group developed separate and distinctive styles.
Castro’s oeuvre combines mythical and actual events. This thematic fusion imbues the work with an alluring, visionary quality. His compositions, no matter how grim the subject matter, display an innate elegance, making them palatable and even lyrical at times. Castro is a master at capturing metamorphosis. His svelte figures seem to endlessly evolve from ethereal beings to earthlings.
Castro’s stirring palette and sensuous textures further enhance his bewitching designs.
MOA Curator Jorge Santis says contemporary issues of censorship and exile are subtly yet insightfully communicated in many of these allegorical canvases. During the last two decades, Castro held triumphant solo exhibitions in Berlin, Paris, Mexico City, and Caracas.
